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unrrsn STATES insane earner orricnf AUGUSTINE GAGNE, OF CENTRAL FALLSRHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HEMPHILL COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLEaND, A COLRPOBA'I'ZON OF MASSACHUSETTS.

STBIPING ATTACHMEl-l'l FOB EMITTING MACHINES.

Application filed March 29, 1921v This invention relates to knitting; machines and the object thereof, to provide simple and eiiicient means for inserting yarn or arns of different colors or character at se lected points in the foot and of the stocking; in order to produce partial or complete,

courses or circular stripes and to distinguish the whole or a part of the tip oi the toe or heel thereof from the rest of the fabric.

in tile drawings 1 have shown merelytor illustrative purposes one example of a ma- I mbodyinfi my invention wherein v l. front elevation of a circular knitmaclnae embodying; this invention; i 1 is a side elevation of a stocking such as may be knitted upon the example of machine shown. 1 I

l i. 2 is a rear elevation of the'machine; Fire: 2 is a detail view of a portion of the attern chain illustrating one arrangement for setting into operation the yarn chanp 2 mechanism;

is a plan section through the upper part of the machine wherein isillustrated the striper mechanism;

Fin. 4: is a right hand side elevation of t s striner attachment with the parts thereof L shown in position toinsert one thread.

Fin. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 illustrating" the parts of the striper in the position who another or different thread is being inst-1 ed:

Fig. 6 is a detail section taken on line 6-6 or" Fi 4-; i

K- is a dot-ail section taken on the line 7 Tot Fig.4; I

8 i a detail rear elevation of the striner at hiaent, portions of the knitting 0nd of the machinehoingr shown in connecierewith;

1217. 9 is a detail section taken on the line V$lt of Fig; illnstri ting! the special eonneetions tor e operating; levers of the yarn sruifles th't' e effected by the striper attachment omb dying this invention; and

' detail plan section taken on the l" in K,

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lin ll-1O of Fig. 7;

Fizz. ll is a plan view hm andtake up devices;

V 1o is a ,c e elevation of the mechanism -with parts in vertical section. Preferably, though not '0 ),tt'ti) type ofmachine the needle carrier iscylindrical and revolves while the cams remainot the yarn tension-r to elevation of the same; and

Serial No. 456,780.

cular stocking knitting machine generally of the type disclosed in the patent to Hemphill dated September 7,' 1909. In this stationary and althoughthe machine disclosed is for the purpose oitproducinghosi ery it is obviously not limited to thisrclass or wor Generally the machine includes a revolving nee lle cylinder 1 mounted on a. suitable table 2 constituting; a part of the frame of the knitting machine and, as is customary in this 7 type of machine, said cylinder is arranged to.

hereinconsisting of five pivotal yarn guides 5, 6;, 7 and 8 are plvoted in a well known or, manner to the latch ring 9. In the present example these yarn guides are-controlled by means including levers 10, 11,12, 13 and 14 respectively pivotally supported at 15 in a standard 16 secured to the table 2, certain 01" said levers being: in turn controlled from the cam drum 28 or the usual pattern drum of said Hemphill machine, In the present eX- ample the levers'lO, l2 and 14L are all shown as controlled by said pattern drum 23 and preferably through the usual wires 17, one of said wires being connected with each of the levers named and with cam levers 18,19 and 20 respectively pivoted at 21 and arranged to engage suitable abutments' or interrupted ribs distributed about the face of the drum 23 and properly spaced to bring their respective yarnguides into operative position ,at suitable times. in the knitting of the work. The pattern drum 23 is herein shown mounted upon the usual pattern shaft 22suitably iournalled in the frame of the machine to' rotate at certain definite or selected intervals to effect the changes 111 the character and term of the work.

A forward intermittent rotary motion-is imparted to the pattern or cam drum 23 preterably by the usual pawl 24 carried by the usual segment 25, the latter being oscillated by meansoi the gear 26 througha connect- I ing rod 2'? all oil which parts are included in the needle carrier reciprocating instrumentalities ot' the above mentioned llemphill machine. The pawl 24 is arranged to operate upon a suitaole ratchet 28 secured to rotate with the cam drum 23 see Figs. 1 and 13 and the engagement of said pawl with the teeth of said ratchet is herein controlled by lugs 29 on the usual pattern chain 30 through the medium oil the usual llemphill controller 31. A pattern chain 30 is mounted upon a sprocket 352 to which a step-hy-step movement is given by the usual operating pawl El carried by the segment shovvn in Fig. 13, said pawl acting upon a ratchet 33 attached to saids n'ocket 32 in the usual manner.

In addition to the regular yarn changing devices hereinbeilore described Which include the pattern cam 23 I have provided an additional, or What 1 term a siq' pleincntary or auxiliary yarn changing device, one purpose of Which is to etlect zulditional changes in the Work Without necessitating; an enlargement of the pattern cam 23 or the lengthening of the pattern chain yet enabli: yarns of ditlj'erent colors to be inserted at predetermined or selected points in the lmitting.

As an example of mains for accomplishing the said results I have provided the ittl2- iliary cam member Zlalherein oscillatorily mounted upon a stud 35 secured to the stand ard 16. The cum 3% is 0i. disk term and has a notch-in the rim thereol which forms, at opposite ends, cam surfaces 36 and 37.

Cooperathu; respectively ivitl'i said cam surfaces are levers 3e and 39 pivoted at l0 in afixed part of the frame, the free ends of said levers having eyes ii to receive Wires 42 and 3 depending); respectively from the operating levers 11 and 13, said wires 42 and 43 having collars let secured thereto and against which the eyes ll ahut \vhen acted upon by their respective levers. The cam surfac 86 and 3? are so arranged as to autoi'natically engage their respective levers 3S and 39; that is to say din. rag: the oscillation of the member 3% clockwise or in the direction of the arrow, Fig. i the cam 36 which is assumed to be out of engagement with its lever 38 will be brought into engagementtherewith and depress said lever from a position shown in Fig. 7 to one correspondingz to that shown in 6 While the le er 39 which, at the start assumed to be in engagement with the circular fieriphery oi the cam member 34; adjace. to the cam sur; 37, will be released by such movement and moved to a position corresponding to that shown in Fig. 7. A. result of the movements of the levers 38 and 39 from the positions shown in llig. 4; to those shown in Fig; 5 is to lower the yarn guide 7 from an inoperative to an operative position and to raise the y guide 5 from its operative to its inopen position While the movement of the oscillzn tory member 3a in an opposite direction to that indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4 Will ause the said yarn guides to be returned to their former position. Obviously the moveroent ot the member 34: need not necessarily l)0 an oscillatory movement but Where such is employed it is desirable to provide means tor limiting or preventing overthrow of said incnihcr and herein for this purpose a pin li) is provided in the pi "iphery of said cam to en grq'e suitable abutments as for example the ends :16 and 47 of a slot a8 formed in one side of the standard 16. ".lhe oscillatory movement of aid cam may be eilected by various means and herein I have provided means op erating continuously with the driving elements of the machine which means include a plunger arranged to reciprocate vertically herein in suitable hearings including the table 2 and a bracket 50 secured to the frame or :he machine. The lOWQl' end. of said plungis arranged in operative relation to an arm oil the oscillatirur segment 25 so that for each movement of saio arm, said plunger all) will be moved a predetermined distance in its guides.

A collar 51. is herein shown attached to the rod or plunger 4-!) above the bracket 50 and when said plunger is in its lower position, said collar rests against said hracket so that the downward movement of the plunger will be limited thereby. A sgring 52 encircles said phu gel between a suitable fixed member, such, for iii-dimple, as the tahle 2 and said collar 51 so as to exert a yielding pressure against the plunger in opposition to its movement by the s The lower end of said plunger is herein shown as having an adjustable contact member herein consisting of a screiv ha vine screw-threaded engagement With said plunger and adapted to he held in the dei-iired position by a check nut lllounted on the table 2 in suitable bearinns is a rock shalt having loosely mounted thereon a bell crank lev r 56. This bell crank lever has two arms 57 and 58. the arln 57 of -which extends toward. the plunger 49 and has at its free end a roll 9 adapted to roll in contact with the end of the plunger projecting: al'iovc the table 2. The relation of the ro l and plunger is such tha 1 when the plung-- in he lowermost 'ios tion, the roll 59 rests upon the upper end of the plunger as suoivn in 4; but as said plunger moves upwardly the roll will inve therewith for a ment 2 predetermined distance or until the end of i said plunger clears said roll. whereupon said roll will merely have rolling en; igreinent with the side of said p is any 'l'urther upward movement thereof. and no imparted to the plunger. Attached to the free end of the other arm 58 of said bell. crank lever is an actuator or pusher 61 which extends toward by effect alternate engagement of the cam tacesSG and 37 with their levers 3S and S9.

The pins 64 and 65 are disposed upon opposite sides of the axis or the cam 34: and are at such a distance apart that When one of the shoulders of said pusher is in contactvvith its 4 abutment or pin the other shoulder Will not engage its pin. Obviously Withthis arrangement of the stops and pins the permitting of one shoulder to remain in alignment With its abutment or pin tor a number of consecutive movements of the pusher 61 will result in the yarnguides remaining unchanged for that period of operation or until the pusher is moved so as to cause the other shoulder to engage its pin.

The arrangelnentot said pins is such that when one shoulder moves its pin forward the opposite pin will be retracted to a position Where it Will be operated upon the next forward movement of the 'pusheror when the shoulder for that pin is moved to align therewith. It is, therefore, desirable to provide means to effect the shitti. of said pus; from one pin to the other Whenever a change is desired and, tor-this purpose, 1 preferably provide means including'the pattern chain 30 for accomplishing such a result and upon which are formed a series of lugs 66 (see Fig. 2 said lugs being formed upon the opposite side ottlie chain tr in the regular lugs 29 for actuating the controller 31. Ohviou'sly these lugs (SS-may be arranged at any desired points on the chain to effect the yarn changes, and the sh pc or shapes thereof may vary according to the purpose desired, as will. hereinafter be more fully described.

Cooperating with the lugs (36 is a pawl 67 pivoted herein upon the same stud v ith the controller 31. Connected with said pawl and iir eferahly upon the opposite side from the portion thereof which engages the lug 66 a rod 68 Figs. 1', 2, 5 and 8) the upper end of which h as sliding engagement with the table 2 through which-it projects and carries at i 5 ext inity a finger 69. Surrounding said rod between. said finger and the table '2 is spring 70 which acts to maintain said rod in its elevated position with the end of the g *Y "7 n .fwi v 1 the f 1 in; w t, panl 6! in contact M1 1 no ("L6 or the pa tern chain and operates in opposition to'thc raising of said pawl by the iugs (36. The o9 is arranged to project beneath the pusher 6i. and When theiinger is in its mevated positionthe pusher will he supported thereby with its shoulder 62 in a position to operating; contact Witl The action oi the can;

engage the lug or pin 6 so that each movement of said pusher toward the left would, after the first movement of the cam 6%, he an idle movement but when a change is to be iade in theyarn one oi. the lugs 66 on the patte n chain passes beneath the end of the shoulder 63 elevating said end, co npressing the spring "1'0 and depressing the li er 69, thus permitting heshoulder 8 to drop to its lower position Where, upon the forward n'ioveinent of said pusher, said shoulder Will the lowermost pin 65 and lock said cam. I l

Naturally the movement the pusher from the one position to other may take place when said pusher is in its i ervm do position.

iVhen the yarn changes are made by the usual means including the patt in care or drum 523, the cuttingiznd clamping oi the yarn tuat \"ithdun'n from action is eti'ectcd by the usual yarn cutting and-clamping deyiees herein inehuling a cutter lever 71, linh'i'il connected with said cutter lever 71 and with one end of an intermediate lever 7 pivctall supper d beneath the table the opposite end of s; l lever 73 being connected by means of a link is wvith a-"cain lever 75 the :iace a cam the pattern drum p 0 ca :6 arra iged to rotate ivith see 1 artlcularly -av1ng cam siiiri'aces a i p ul cm from actionw urfaces, however, in the present example, merely el'e ts the ope l n nx f l A 1 i .w l "l I ing 0 L a s o the (YHLLLI ant. [r10 opening er the same wit oi the yarn. clamp that theyzzrn permitted to enter and he ubsequently rip ad i t the clamp' and cutt &5 (s as C211 3 Sil link to move down- When he same is released by t this niechades, which .1 the patat said cut- 1 the -zarn o accomplish or imparting 'einents to said es 5 and is Withdrawn,

'Hence the rear portions of the shoulders and (Bare so shaped, and the raising and said means herein consisting of a lever 77 of goose-neck :lormation. The nose 78 of said lever 77 is arranged to engage the periphery of the cam 3a, which latter is provided with a recess at its edge forming a cam surface 79, alternate movements of said cam being" adapted to cause the nose 78 of saleL grooscnecl-t lever to pass from the outer periphery of said cam 34: as shown in Fig. l into said recess and against th 2 aim surface 79 or from said latter position to the tormer according to the direction of movement of said cam.

'l he lever 7'? is eausedto iollow the periphery of said cam 3-4 by pressure exerted thereon by a spring: 80 so that the nose 78 ot said lever will, at all times, he maintained in contact with said member he lever 77 is herein shown loosely mounted to the shaft to rock therewith and also secured to said shaft is an arm 81 carrying; at its upper end a pin 82 adapted to engage the under edge ot a lever 83, the latter being pivoted at 8% to a fixed. part of the inacl'iine frame, herein the supportine' standard for the latch ring 9.

The lever 83 is arranged to cooperate atone end. preterahly the end opposite to that engaged by the pin 82, with an arm 86 projecting laterally from a collar 87 mounted upon the. cutter artuatingr link 72 (see Figs. 4: and 5). The arm 86 is PUSltlOllQCl normally to intersect the path ot n'ioven'lent ol said. lever so that. when the end of said lever whose path of movementis intersected by said arm depressed, said arm 86 will he swung out- 'ardly away from said lever sutlicient only to allow the end of said lever to pass below the said arm. To facilitate the movements oi said arm. the collar 87 has a limited rocllin movement upon the linlc 72. which move ment is in op 'iosition to the action ot a tersional spring" 85% herein arranged to encircle a. portion ot the linl: 72 between a collar 89 secured to said link and a collar 8? bearing the arm 86. opposite ends of said spring being: connected respectively with said collars.

As previously stated the collar 8? has a limited roclrin movement upon said link 7 2, the purpose whereof is to confine the action of said spring within certain predetermined limits. As a means or limiting the move ments of said collar I have herein provided the same with a tooth or altiutn'ient 93 which extends upward into a segmental recess 91 termed in the under side of a collar 92., the latter beingrsccurcd to the link 72. Opposite ends of the segmental slot 91 iretcrably constitute :mutments against which the ahutment or tooth 9?, is arranged to strike in its pivotal movements, the abutment. 9O constitutingr the means for maintaining the arm 86 normally in the path of the arm of the lever 8 During); the normal operations of the ma chine, the lever 83 remains either in the position shown in tall lines in Fig. a or in that position indicated by the dotted lines,

Fig. 5, in either of which positions the end 95 of said lever will be above rather than below said arm, and when the link 72 is raised by its regular operating means, as for example the cam 75 and the parts operated thereby, the arm 86 will merely idle against or near the curved end 9% 01 said lever 83. But when a change is to he made in the yarns controlled by the'auxiliary cam member S-l, at which time it is desirable to clamp and cut the yarn that is withdrawn, said lever 83 will he rocked about its pivot 84; so as to cause its squared end 95 to be moved below the arm 86 where, upon a reverse movement of said .lever 83 will raise the arm 86, and through low the arm 86, said lever 83 is provided with inclines 96 and 97 upon its under edge and at the opposite side of the pivot 84 from the end of the lever which cooperates with the .arm 86. The inclines 96 and 9? are at times engaged by the pin 82 carried by the lever 81 which pin and lever oscillate with the gooseneck shaped member 77 and each time the as cillatory cam member 3a is moved from one of its positions to the other to change the yarns.

By reference to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the pin 82 is at the right of the incline 96 ot' the lever 83 and the nose 78 of the lever 77 is held by the spring in contact with the outer or circular periphery of the cam memher 34-. The parts referred to remain in the positions indicated until a. change in the yarn or yarns is to be made through the proper instrumentalities, or until the linger 69' operates to vary the position of the pusher or actuator 61. From the positions illustrated in Fig. 4 of the parts to which reference has just been made, said parts will move upon the next operation of the machine to the positions shown in Fig. 5; that is the pusher 61 will be lowered so as to engage, through the shoulder (33, the pin (55 and as said pusher moves forward, the cam member 34: will be rocked to bring the cam surface 79 in a position to be engaged by the nose of the lever 77 whereupon the spring 80 will cause said lever to follow said cam surface and move with it the lever 81 and pin 82. During this latter movement the pin 82 engages the incline 96 and causes the end of the lever 88 hearing said incline to be raised while the opposite end of said lever is depressed, the inclined or rounded portion 94 thereof engaging the arm 86 and rocking the same upon the link 72 from its normal to its deflected position suflicient to allow that end of said lever to pass th-erebencath and after said end has cleared the arm 86, the spring 88 acting upon the collar 87,- causes said arm to returnto its normal position above and in contact with the surface 95, the opposite end of said lever being held in its elevated-position shown in Fig. 5.

The various parts just described are de signed to function at a certain definite time with respect to the rocking of the cam member 34, Whichlatter effects the change of yarn, but'this mechanism operates merely to maintain the lever 83 in such a position that it may subsequently be acted upon to open the jaws of the cutter and clamping devices and in the present example I have shown means consisting of a cam 98 attached to a predetermined portion of a revolving part of the machine as for example the needle carrier so as to engage the uplifted end of the lever 83 and depress the same, In view of the fact that the arm 86 is at this time above the end 95 of said lever 83, said arm will be lifted together with the link 72 and the cutters and clamping devices will be opened to receive the yarn, The pivotal movement of the lever 83 under the action of the cam 98 continues until the end 95 of said lever escapes from the arm 86 but not until said arm has beenraised sufficiently to open the jaws of the cutters and clamps and as the raising movement'of the link 72 is in opposition to the spring 85, said rod will, upon being released, return to its lower or normal position and thereby cause the yarn clamping device to clamp the yarn and the cutter thereof to sever said yarn.

Obviouslythecam 98 may be placed in any desired position on the needle cylinder and may be of any length consistent with the proper performance of its function.

There are occasions, as for example when a knitting machine is operating reciprocatingly when it is desired to pfovide means for taking care of slack yarn produced by the turning back or reversal in the direction of movementof the needle cylinder or,-in some cases, of the cam cylinder and in machines of the character set forth herein such devices are usually employed,

, In thepresent example is illustrated a common or known form of take up or tensioning device consisting of a vertical shaft or stand aid 99 arranged herein at the back of'the 7 machine (see Figs. 1, 11 and-12) which supports an arm 100. At the outer extremity of said'arm are provided yarn guides or eyes 101 and 102, the holes through said eyes being disposed in substantially;uprightpositions and in close prorumity to said eyes 101 and 102 are other thread eyes or guides 10 3, 104 cooperating respectively with the guides 101', 102. The guides 103,104 are positioned shghtly ,above the guides 101, 102 and the holes therein extend substantially horizontal or approximately at right angles to the holes in the guides 101, 102.

Near the inner end of the arm 100 are other eyes 105, 106 through which the yarn is led from suitable yarn masses to the eyes 103, 104. Interposed bet-ween the yarn guides or eyes 101, 103 is a movable guide eye 107 mounted at the outer free end of a pivotal take up arm 108, the latter being arranged to rock about the axisof a pivot 109 near the supported end of the arm 100. The arm 108 is arranged normally to be maintained in its uppermost posisition referred, to, means are provided for depressing. the arm 108 and inthe present ex-e ample the means employed for this purpose includes a wire rod113 arranged to slide in the arm 100 at 11 1, thelower end of said wire being attached to a stud 115 pivotally supported in the outer end of an arm 116 secured to the rock shaft 55. The guide eyes 102, 104 also have a cooperating take-up guide eye 116 mounted in an arm 117 similar to the arm 108. Said arm 117 is likewise pivoted as at 118 upon the arm 100, the axis of said pivot being substantially coaxial with the axis of, the

pivot 109 for the arm 108.

A spring 119 acts upon the arm 117 to maintain the arm 117 in its uppermost position as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 12, said spring being attached to an extension of said arm 117 and to a fixed bracket similar to the bracket 112. The arm 117 is held, at certain times in the operation of the machine, in its lowermost or depressed position by a rod 120 similar to the rod 113 hereinbefore described, the rod 120. being of the usual type employed in the Banner machine and operated by suitable instrumentalities not shown or described herein.

From the foregoing description it will beobvious that circumferential stripes may be produced in the leg or foot portions of the stocking and moreover the heel of the stocking and in particular that part of the heel which is produced by reciprocating knitting and by so-called narrowing and widening,

may be formed of yarn differing in color or character from that composing the regular loops of the fabric. Likewlse the tip of'th'e toe which also is produced by narrowing and widening may be formedof distinct yarn and these results may all be obtained merely by the insertion of special links at selected points in the pattern chain and without un necessarily complicating the machine or necessitating the addition of a prohibitive num ber of links in the pattern chain. i

Although the machine embodyingthis invention is capable of producing a large variety of designs-in striping, a single example Q Lees is shown in Fig. 1 In this example, let it be assumed that the yarn composing the body otthe stocking white and in this white body, as indicated at a I insert a plurality of eircuinterential stripes 7) torn'ied tor example of blue yarn. Also let it be assumed that that portion of the heel pocket produced by narrowing and widening is also formed of blue yarn as indicated at c and at the toe of the stocking the portions thereof that are produced by narrowing and widening are also lrnitted with blue yarn as indicated at cl. lit should, however, be understood that the stocking is not limited to the design described.

Assuming now that the machine is to be threaded and adjusted to produce the eicample shown in Fig. 1"; lirst the pattern chain 3-50 may be adjusted so that the links bearing lugs (30 (see Fig. 2) will be placed at the proper points to engage the pawl ($7 for the purpose of effecting changes in the yarn.

It will, however, be noticed by reference to Fig. 2* that the lugs are oi two kinds for example the lugs 121 are shorter than a second set of lugs 122, the latter being long enough to overlap each other to the extent that when two or more of these l ,s are placed next to each other the pawl. 61" will be elevated and maintained in its elevated position until all ol:' the overlapping legs of the group have passed, whereas with the lugs 11.21 the pawl 07 will be raised and permitted to drop back to its former position before a second in is brought into engagen'ient there with. The result of the arrangement of the lugs, as statechis that when the group of loan 122 is acting upon the pawl 67, one yarn will be employed continuously throughout the entire series of lugs while with the lugs 121, two yarns will alternately be ei'i'iployed. Thus in knitting the sections 0 and (Z the lugs 122 will be engaged while the stripes 7) will he produced alternating with the regular yarn when the lugs 121 are acting upon the oawl (3'7.

'1 1e stocking illustrated in Fig. 1 involves the use of only two yarn guides viz, the yarn guide 5 and the yarn guide 7 (see Fig. 8), the guide 5 serving, in the present example, to feed the white yarn to the work while the yarn guide 7 leads the blue yarn to the work.

The regular yarn guides 4:, 0, and 8 which are operated in the manner common to the Bannefi knitting machine willv not henceforth be referred to in the ope 'ation (YE the machine although obviously there are many of work where all oi the yarn guides of the machine may be utilized, Obviously any one oi? the regular yarn guides 4;. (S, 8 can and especially the latter, in which event one llrietly the operation of the machine is as follows: 'lhe white yarn herein used in the body of the stocking; is threaded through the guide 100, eye 10%;, take-up eye 116 and. the guidocye 102, thence to the guide-eye ot' the yarn lever 5, the latter in Fig. 8 being shown in its operative or yarn feeding position. 'llhe blue yarn is similarly threaded through the guide 105, eyes 103, 107 and 101 to the ya u lever 7.

A suuiiing the machine to be operating to knit tubular work, the yarn guides remain in the positions indicated in Fig. 8 and with their a etna ti up; parts as shown in Fig. 4; from which it will be seen that the two take-up arms 108 and 117 will be held depressed as shown in Fig. 12 by the wires 113 and 120. ll hei'r the point in the knitting is reached where a cmisiderable section of stocking is to be knitted in solid blue as for example in the tip oi the toe, the lugs 122 are brought into engrag reinent with the pawl 07 so as to raise the end ot the pawl. engaging said lugs or depr' *ng the opposite end thereof. This action e'lieets dropping of the linger til) from the position shown in at to that shown in 5 with the result that the shoulder (33 i. the )I'1Sl1(1 01, in its subsequent forward mov' "1011b, engages the pin of the oscillattnry nienibei "4 wl'iereupon the latter will be rocked to dcp" the lever 38 and raise the lever 30 which withdraws the white yarn guide 5 and throws into operation the blue yarn guide 7. This movement of the member 3 1; also eilects the rocking of the shaft 55 and the consequential tilting; of the lever 83 from the position. shown in Fig. 4.- to that shown in li igg. in readiness to be acted upon by the earn 98, which in due course, engages said le ver and through it elevates the link 72, opening: the yarn clamping and yarn cutting devices to receive the white yarn thus withdrawn from. action and forthwith said mem' bers are closed by the dropping ot the lever and consequential relea so ot the spring 85. It will he remembered that the blue section (Z ot the stocking is produced by reciprocating knitting; Hence it is desirable at this time to release the talzeaip arm 108 so that it may automatically not during sul'lsequent oscillatory or reeiprocatory movements of the needles to talre up the slack produced thereby and in view of the fact that the lever 110 is secured to the rock sh aft 55 and. is operatively connected with the rod113 by which said. are: "was held in. its depressed position, sa d lever will he raised the nose of the lever '7? drops into the notch in the member -l l. thus releasing the arm 105-3. The parts thus deserihed remain in their new positions until it is desired to withdraw the blue yarn from operation or until the pawl, 6'? drops otl oi the lugs lVhen the latter movement tively to act upon two of said yarn feeding elements in the oa-icillatory movement of said pattern means 8. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination, a plrn-ality oi yarn feeding elements, means including a pattern cam to function said elements to etl'eet changes in the knitting, auxiliary yarn changing means having oppositely sloping, spaced cams adapted altin'nately and respectively to act upon two oi said yarn tending elements. means to impart liiackward and forward movements to said auxiliary yarn, changing means, and connections therefrom to control the periods of operation of two yarn 'iieeding elements and means controlled thereby to eilect, the cutting and clamping of the with drawn yarn.

9. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination, a plurality or yarn guides, a pattern chain, means including a series of lugs on said chain to cite-t mov ment of cerain oi said yarn guides to and from operative positions, means including a second series of lugs on said chain and an oscillatory cam member controlled thereby and having spaced, oppositely sloping cams adapted re spcctively and alternately to act in opposite movcn'ients of said can: member upon two on" said yarn guides to etlect movement of said yarn guides to and from operative positions.

10. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination. two sets of yarn guides, inde endent means for o u-ratine said sets. apattcrn chain. means on said chain respectively to control the operations of said sets and a cam control member having spaced, oppos tely sloping cams thereon adapted respectively and alternately to act in opposite directions o't' moven'ient of said cam member upon two of said yarn guides, and means to move said cam member in opposite directions.

11. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination. two sets of yarn guides, independent means "for operating said sets, a pattern chain, means on opposite sides of said chain respectively to control the operations oi: said sets and a cam member having thereon a pair oi spaced. oppositely sloping cams adapted in opposite directions of movement of said cam member to act respectively and alternately upon two o-t' the yarn guides; and means to impart opposite directions oi movement to said member. i

12. Knitting mechanism comprising in combination. a series o'li yarn guides. main pattiarn control means for a plurality of said. yarn. guides. auxiliary pattern control means tor two yarn guides of said series of yarn guides. and connections from said control means to said guides. said auxiliary pattern control means including a cam disk having a pair oi spaced cams thereon sloping toward each other and adapted alternately and re spectively to act upon said two yarn guides,

and means to move said cam disk in opposite directions to cause said cams respectively to act.

13. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination, two sets of yarn guides, independent pattern means to respectively control the operations of the guides of said sets, an oscillatory sector constituting common actuating means for both of said pattern means, one of said pattern means being constructed and arranged to be oscillated by said sector, said oscillatory pattern means having a pair of spaced, oppositely sloping cams thereon adapted in the opposite dlrectie-ns of oscillation to act respectively and alternately upon said two yarn guides.

let. Knitting mechanism con'iprising, in combination, a pair of yarn guides, pattern means to eii'ect the throwing of one of said yarn guides into operative position and the other out, yarn clamping and cutting means, and means including a reciprocating plunger to impart to and fro movement to said pat tern means, thereby to change the yarn, and whereby clamping and cutting of the Withdrawn yarn is eti'ected.

15. In a knitting machine,the combination of a plurality of yarn feeds, means to operate said yarn feeds to feed yar at selected points in the knitting and to hold said yarn teeds either in or out of operation for a predetermined number of courses, said means includin g an oscillatory cam member having a plurality of spaced, oppositely sloping cams thereon adipted in opposite directions of movement of said cam member to act respectively and alternately upon yarn feeds, and means for imparting opposite movements of oscillation to said cam, so as thereby to control said yarn feeds.

l6. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination. a plurality oi yarn feeds. means to operate said yarn feeds to change the yarn at selected points in the knitting and to hold said yarns either in or out of operation for a. predetermined number of courses, said.

yarn feeds and said plunger, including a pattern chain, whereby the oscillatory movements of said cam control the operation of said yarn feeds.

l8. Knitting mechanism comprising in combination, a plurality of yarn feeds, an oscillatory cam member for moving said yarn feeds into and out of operative position, means for imparting movement of oscillation to said oscillatory cam, the latter having thereon two spaced, oppositely sloping cams, one of which is adapted to act only in one direction of movement of the member upon one of said yarn feeds, and the other of which is adapted to act only in the oppositedirection of said member upon another of said yarn feeds.

19. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination, a pair of yarn guides, means to move said yarn guides into and out of operative yarn feeding positions, said means including an oscillatory cam memberhaving thereon oppositely sloping, spaced cams alternately active respectively upon said yarn guides, an actuator for said oscillatory member, apattern chain, and means controlled by said pattern chain to maintain said actuator inv predetermined positions with respect to said oscillatory member whereby predetermined yarn feeds may be moved to yarn feed- I ing position.

20. In a stocking knitting machine, a needle carrier arranged for rotary and reciprocatory movement, a plurality of yarn guides, means to move one of said yarn guides into and out of its yarn feeding. position, an oscillatory cam member, means to actuate said cam member, a pattern chain, means controlled by said pattern chain to effect cooperation between said oscillatory cam member and its actuator,-a plurality of lugs on said pattern chain to eifect movement of said oscillatory member to maintain said yarn guide in necting said pattern cam with a selected numher of said yarn feeding elements to effect movement of said elements to and from their operative positions, a pattern chain, means controlled by said pattern chain to effect movement ofsaid pattern cam, an auxiliary pattern cam adapted to move to and fro operatively connected with a selected number of said yarn feeding elements, means to move said auxiliary pattern cam to and fro to move the yarn feeding elements connected therewith-into and outof yarn feeding position, and means controlled by said pattern chain to eifect cooperation between said auxiliary pattern cam and its operating means.

' 22. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination, a plurality ofyarn feeding elements, a pattern cam, means operatively .connecting said pattern mm with a plurality of said yarn feeding. elements, a pattern chain, means controlled by said. pattern chain to effect movement of said pattern cam, an auxiliary oscillatory pattern caln, means operatively connecting said auxiliary pattern'cam with a plurality of said yarn feeding ele ments, means to oscillate. said auxiliary pattern cam to move the yarn feeding elements connected therewith into and out of yarn feeding position, and means controlled by said pattern chain to effect cooperation be tweensaid auxiliary pattern cam and its operating means.

23. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination, a plurality of yarn feeding elements, a pattern cam for controlling the movements of certain of said yarn feeding elements, means including an oscillating segment to impart a step-bystep rotary movement to said pattern cam, a pattern chain to control the operation of said pattern cam by said segment, an auxiliary cam member ha ving spaced cams alternately operative in oscillatory movements thereof adapted to effect movement of certain of said yarn feeding elements to and from their yarn feeding positions, a plunger operated by said segment to oscillate said auxiliary pattern cam member, and means including said-pattern chain to control the operations of said auxiliary pattern cam member.

24. Knitting mcchanismcomprising, "in con'ibination, a pattern drum, a pattern chain, means under the control of said pattern chain to operate said pattern drum and effect changes in the knitting, a yarn guide, and an oscillatory cam independent of said pattern drum but c'ontrolledby said pattern chain, said oscillatory cam having spaced cam members thereon adapted in opposite movements of oscillation to manipulate saidyarn guide to produce a change of yarn at predetermind points in the knittin 25. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination, a plurality of. yarn feeding elements, and means to operate said yarn feeding elements to change the yarns at selected points in the knitting, said'means including an oscillatory cam, a continuously operating actuator for said cam, and pattern controlled means to operatively connect said operating member with said cam, and move said oscillatory cam in a predetermined direction.

26. In a hosiery knitting machine, a set of yarn guides, a primary pattern control for a plurality of said guides, auxiliary yarn changing means to effect changes of yarn at the tips of the toe and heel, said means ineluding an oscillatory cam member having spaced cams thereon sloping toward each other to act respectively in opposite directions of movementupon a plurality of said series of yarn guides, and means to impart a movement of oscillationthereto whereby said cams are alternately active respectively upon said yarn guides. 1

27. In a hosiery knitting machine, a set of yarn guides, a main pattern control for a plurality thereof, auxiliary yarn changing means to eifect changes of the yarn at the tips of theftoe and heel and to produce stripes at selected points in the foot and leg portions of a stocking, said means including i (ll) an oscillatory cam member having spaced Janis thereon sloping toward each other to act rcspi-ictively in opposite directions of IHOVQIHQHl', and operative ciiinneetions respectively controlled by said cams to move a plurality of said yarn guides, and means to impart movement oi oscillation thereto thereby to control a plurality of said yarn guides in said opposite movements.

28. Stocking knitting mecliaiiisnii cominrisiug, in combination, a set of yarn guides, a primary control for a 1:)lurality thereof, means including a pattern cam to el'tect changes in the form of the work, and aux iliary pattern means including a pivoted cam member l'iaving thereon FilRlCQd, cams sloping toward each other adapted respectively to act on opposite directions of movement, and llltlilZlSlO impart rotatory movement in opposite directions to said pivoted cam member to effect yarn changes at sclcctcd points in the Work.

29. In a hosiery knitting machine, a series of yarn guides, amaiu pattern control for a pit 'ality ll'IGIOOl a pattern chain having movcment'in one direction and auxiliary yarn changing means to ellect changes of yarn of at least. one yarn guide o't'said series at the tips of the too and heel, and connections between said pattern chain and said auxiliary yarn changing means to move the latter to and ice, and thereby to eilect said yarn changes, said auxiliary yarn changing means having spaced cam liOl'lTltIt'lUllS sloping toward each other and adapted respectively to act in ellecti ug said yarn changes.

30. In a liosiery knitting machine, a set of yarn guides, primary pattern control means for a plurality thereof, a pattern chain having i'i'iovement in one direction, auxiliary yarn changing means to eli'cct clianges of the yarn of at least one yarn guide of said series at the tips of the toe and heel and to produce stripes at selected points in the foot and leg portions of a stocking, said auxiliary yarn changing means having spaced cam formations sloping toward each other and adapted respectively to actin etli'ectin g yarn changes, and com'iections between said pattern chain and said auxiliary yarn changing means to impart to and fro movement to the latter to produce said yarn changes.

-31Knittirig mechanism comprising in combination, a series of yarn guides, a main pattern control for a plurality thereof, means for knitting stockings including a pattern chain having movement in one direction, cooperating means to effect chan es in the yarn oil at least one yarn guide ot said series at the. tip of the heel and toe and at selected courses in the foot and leg portions thereof, said cooperating means having spaced cam formations sloping toward each other and adapted respectively to act in effecting yarn changes, and connections hetivecn said patunatic tern chain and said cooperating meansto impart to and fro movement to the latter and thereby to ell'ect said yarn changes.

32. Stocking knitting mechanism comprising in combination, a series of yarn guides, a main pattern control for a plurali- 33. Knitting mechanism ci'nnprisii'ig in C(lll'lblntltlOD, a pair of yarn guides, an oscillatory cam member having thereon spaced cams alternately operatively in opposite movements of oscillation to effect the throwing of one of said yarn guides into operative position and the other out, yarn clamping and cutting means, and means including a segment controlling to and fro knitting, and a reciprocating plunger controlled by the segment for actuating said pattern means to change the yarn and clamp and cut the withdrawing yarn.

34. Knitting mechanism comprising in combination, a plurality of yarn feeds in cluding a continuously operating plunger to operate said yarn feeds to effect a change in the knitting, a cam member adapted to be oscillated by the movement of said plunger, and having spaced cams thereon alternately active in opposite movements of oscillation and thereby to effect said yarn changes, and means including a pattern chain to control the cooperation between said plunger and said yarn feeds. i

35. Knitting mechanism comprising, in combination, a plurality of yarn feeding ele ments, a pattern cam for controlling the movements oi? certain of said yarn feeding elements means including an oscillating segment to impart a step-by-stcp rotary movement to said pattern cam, a pattern chain to control the operation of said pattern cam by said segment, an auxiliary oscillatory cam adapted to effect movement of certain of said yarn feeding elements to and from their yarn feeding positions, aiplunger operated by said segment to oscillatesaid auxiliary pattern cam, and means including said pattern chain to control the operations of said auxiliary pattern cam. r

36. A circular knitting machine having a circular series of needles and a series of pivoted yarn guides including a so-called horizontal or circular striper, a main pattern shaft carrying pattern indications for a plurality of the yarn guides of'said series, and an auxiliary pattern control for said striper guides,

and operative connections between said auxr iliary pattern control and said striper guides, said auxiliary pattern control and its connections to said striper yarn guide including an auxiliary mounted, rigid, disk-like member having a peripheral cam formation rigid therewith for acting upon said striper for causing it to introduce complete circular courses, and means for periodically moving said disk-like member in opposite directions about its axis to vary the effective relation of its peripheral cam formation with respect to said striper yarn guide, and thereby to determine the movement of said striper yarn guide into and out oi operation.

37. A circular knitting machine having a circular series of needles and a series of pivoted yarn guides including a so-called horizontal or circular striper, a main pattern drum for a plurality of the yarn guides of said series, rigid rod-like controlling members extending upward from said main pattern drum and moved up and down in response to the pattern indications thereon, and thereby controlling a plurality of the yarn guides of said series of yarn guides, a disk-like cam member having rigid therewith a peripheral cam, means to move said disk-like cam member in opposite directions for effecting the yarn changing movement, means adapted to be directly engaged by and operated by said cam member, and operative connections from said means to said striper yarn guide to determine its feeding position and to cause it to introduce complete circular courses.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

AUGUSTINE GAGNE. 

